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“Blaney’s Blarney Order” injunction through Twitter

Sunday 11 October 2009 at 11:59 am | In News | Post Comment In the High Court this week, Mr Justice Lewison granted an order allowing the service of an injunction using Twitter, this is the first time such an order has been granted.

The subject matter was a blog called Blaney’s Blarney (donalblaney.com) and the order is likely to become known as a “Blaney’s Blarney Order”.

The order requires an unknown Twitter user, anonymously posting under the same name, to stop posting and immediately identify themselves.

Anonymous breaches of the law on Internet sites now have a precedent and this is a huge step forward in preventing anonymous abuse of the internet.

Donal Blaney, the victim of the anonymous impersonation and the principal of Griffin Law, said: “This is an important step in dealing with online bullying.